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Sherry Wu

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Sherry J. Wu
Born
Other namesSherry Wu
OccupationPsychologist
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
Academic advisorsBetsy Levy Paluck
Eldar Shafir
Academic work
DisciplinePsychologist
Sub-disciplineGroup dynamics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Sherry Jueyu Wu[1] is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management.[2] in Westwood, California and the 2020 recipient of the Cialdini Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)[3] for her field research[4] in group dynamics and authority. She conducts large-scale field experiments concerning group influence over long-lasting behavioral changes and decision processes under resource disparity and social inequality.[5][4]

Education and career

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Wu received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Economics graduating summa cum laude from the University of Virginia in May 2013.[citation needed] She then went on to Graduate Studies in Social Psychology and Social Policy at Princeton University under the mentorship of Betsy Levy Paluck and Eldar Shafir, earning her Ph.D. in June 2019. Currently, Wu has been an Assistant Professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management since July 2019, instructing primarily MBA students in Leadership Foundations and Organizational Behavior Management.[2]

Personal

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Wu is originally from Suzhou, China and graduated from the Jiangsu four-starred Suzhou High School. She is currently residing in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.[citation needed]

Wu is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Wu Chinese, and English.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Wu, Sherry. "Personal website".
  2. ^ a b "UCLA Anderson School of Management, Faculty". UCLA. June 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "SPSP, Cialdini Prize 2020". SPSP.
  4. ^ a b Wu, Sherry Jueyu; Paluck, Elizabeth Levy (2020). "Participatory practices at work change attitudes and behavior toward societal authority and justice". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 2633. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.2633W. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16383-6. PMC 7250830. PMID 32457373.
  5. ^ Wu, Sherry Jueyu; Paluck, Elizabeth Levy (2018). "Designing nudges for the context: Golden coin decals nudge workplace behavior in China". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 163: 43–50. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.10.002.